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History

In
the early part of 2004 our founder Denise Jorgensen, had a friend whose son
was deployed to Baghdad Iraq. He was serving with the 1st Cavalry out of
Fort Hood Texas.

During his
tour, many of their family and friends took turns every three to four weeks,
sending packages of small reminders of home and simple necessities he might
need.

In return
for this generosity, when he would call home to catch up with his mom Vickie
and she would then in turn email updates to all of us.

It was in
one of these updates that Ben said it's so great to get these packages from
home. I have been sharing mine though. There are guys over here that get
very little from home. There are even some that don't get anything. They are
feeling forgotten. They feel like once everyone at home turns off their
evening news, that no one cares about Iraq.

This
pulled at the hearts of anyone that read the words of a young soldier who
was so concerned for his newly formed family living in the middle of a war.
The thought of them being so far from home and feeling so forgotten was too
much.

As a
result of those words, Denise asked Ben for the names of these soldiers, as
she would like to adopt them. She told him that in exchange for these names
she would commit to send them a box every three to four weeks and see that
they never feel forgotten again.

The first
boxes were small. Some snacks, playing cards and of course the always
requested beef jerky. Both boxes were then personalized with a letter
written to each of them.

Soon word
spread amongst Denise's family and friends about the soldiers and the simple
items that were sent. Everyone wanted to contribute or adopt his or her own
soldier.

Within two
months we were up to 17 soldiers all over Iraq and Afghanistan and 10
volunteers. Three years later OMN had adopted over 6,307 soldiers at 62
different packing locations, including Colorado and Ohio. Shipping a more
then 314,379 pounds.

As long as
there are brave souls serving our country in foreign lands in a time of
conflict our group has committed to remain active.